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[lovingboth]

Can someone explain to me why Excel XP decides to throw away the contents of the clipboard when you insert a new column into your spreadsheet.

So instead of going 'select, copy, insert column, paste (and possibly insert column, paste)' you have to 'insert column, move back, select, copy, move back, paste (and then repeat if you're inserting more columns...)'.

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Errrm...

[kingginger.livejournal.com]

Dont you have the clip board content menu on the right hand side of your screen that shows you the last x number of things copied??

Re: Errrm...

[lovingboth]

Not usually, no - it takes up too much screen space. I rarely want to copy multiple items and then paste them.

a) the clipboard in everything else is not a stack - you can paste the same thing multiple times.

b) the contents should survive something like inserting a new column!